
Artists and climate action; US National Gallery of Art’s women artists fund; Paula Modersohn-Becker
The Week in Art
The Bar of Excellence in the 21st Century
I was intrigued by something that you said in a previous interview where you said that that bar of excellence, the sort of definition of it shifts over time. I do have some members of the public who say to me, well, the reason there aren't women artists in the collection is because they just haven't been good enough. To be excellent in America today is to be diverse, to be inclusive, and to be sure that your collection represents women and artists of color. And that is part of excellence in the 21st century.
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